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steve is a ph.d. astronomer from harvard university and he spent much of his career in new york, massachusetts and various other places back east and moved to to sun in 1998 and has been working for the national observatory. he has a distinguished career in astronomy but he is a renaissance man in a sense. he is combining both sides of his brain and spent the last 20 years as a photographer primarily landscape photography and has used that talent combined with other writers, putz to produce a series of books and photographs with some very interesting text to go with them. he will talk about the formation of the solar system and are there other solar systems like ours to be found? >> thanks. i hope you don't mind if i stand. i am feeling terribly comfortable in this chair. i am a little shorter than doug isbell. i will get on the same level in 5 stand up. after lecturing for the better part of 40 years it just happened. forgive me for that. one minor correction. we were in tucson from 1972-1983 and ret
steve is a ph.d. astronomer from harvard university and he spent much of his career in new york, massachusetts and various other places back east and moved to to sun in 1998 and has been working for the national observatory. he has a distinguished career in astronomy but he is a renaissance man in a sense. he is combining both sides of his brain and spent the last 20 years as a photographer primarily landscape photography and has used that talent combined with other writers, putz to produce a...
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>> steve, i wanted to broaden out. we have wars in the labor movement. could we talk about the international labor movement and the fabulous work that you do at folks in columbia? >> let's talk about international womens day. i don't want to neglect the fact that 10,000 women call center workers at t-mobile with help from cwa and counterpart in germany trying to use international womens day as a basis for solidarity, aimed at winning some kind of organizing rights agreement at what is now 100% union wireless company, t-mobile. the parent company is heavily unionized in germany. this is an example of cross border, not exactly bargain to organize, but certainly a leverage campaign where we are looking to the stronger partner aboard of the germany tell workers union to put pressure on the company to stop the kind of harassment and interference that's made it very hard for t-mobile workers to organize. the other program that carrie is referring to is called union to union. which some regions have pursued for ten or 12 years now. in my old cwa district one in
>> steve, i wanted to broaden out. we have wars in the labor movement. could we talk about the international labor movement and the fabulous work that you do at folks in columbia? >> let's talk about international womens day. i don't want to neglect the fact that 10,000 women call center workers at t-mobile with help from cwa and counterpart in germany trying to use international womens day as a basis for solidarity, aimed at winning some kind of organizing rights agreement at what...
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steve jobs. [laughter] >> he was a little busy and i don't know if he was going to do that, but john finally got them to look at eric and there's a number of reasons they respect him. he had technical jobs and had a program that they liked and iraq was also smart enough to know he couldn't go in and say i am of the adelstein going to run this thing, step aside and let me make the decisions. instead, he adopted preconscious it seemed to me stance at every point, and i heard this a lot, talking about how early and larry and sergey work. he would talk about how much he learned from larry and sergey and eric what do these things that google that helped to make it an effective corporation, but he yielded some of his autonomy. there was this troika system where on some important matters they voted and you could say that in certain respects larry and sergey were a lot in that voting structure and he was successful slowing down some things that leary and sergey want to do right away for instance the brow
steve jobs. [laughter] >> he was a little busy and i don't know if he was going to do that, but john finally got them to look at eric and there's a number of reasons they respect him. he had technical jobs and had a program that they liked and iraq was also smart enough to know he couldn't go in and say i am of the adelstein going to run this thing, step aside and let me make the decisions. instead, he adopted preconscious it seemed to me stance at every point, and i heard this a lot,...
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[laughter] >> i want to echo steve's point about the constitution and law. we are talking about unilateral presidential power. i mean bush went into iraq with an authorization to use military force. obama bombs in libya without the consent of congress, without consulting congress and those few days afterwards he sent a letter to congress where he mentions the war powers resolution but he doesn't invoke it are. in fact there's only been one president since the war powers resolution was passed in the early 1970s that didn't and that was actually after the military action in question. so no president has actually invoked the wave the war powers resolution was supposed to legitimately be exercised and it is surprising that you have the president and obama who said during the campaign that he would consult with congress on in offensive military action and libya is one. you are bombing military infrastructure. it is clearly -- a clearly calls for at least lisa consultation with congress as required by the war powers resolution is not an authorization for use of fo
[laughter] >> i want to echo steve's point about the constitution and law. we are talking about unilateral presidential power. i mean bush went into iraq with an authorization to use military force. obama bombs in libya without the consent of congress, without consulting congress and those few days afterwards he sent a letter to congress where he mentions the war powers resolution but he doesn't invoke it are. in fact there's only been one president since the war powers resolution was...
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um, doug schmidt and steve scherr who beat tommy norman in this trial liked tommy norman. i wasn't particularly friendly toward tommy norman. i didn't describe his style, but if you could imagine -- remember stanley tucci sort of slithering through the devil wore prada? that was kind of tommy's -- tommy would never say "said" if he could say "aver." he was a pretend white house kind of guy with a widow's peak. schmidt and scherr felt so badly for him that they seriously discussed offering him a partnership in their firm. [laughter] they liked, they liked tommy norman. a lot of people around the halls of justice liked tommy norman and were sorry to see that it had all, that he had messed up big time. it sort of wiped out all the accomplishments of the rest of his life. and he's no longer among us. so may he rest in peace. >> we'd like to remind our listening audience that this is a program with the commonwealth club of california, and we're listening to "double play: how dan white got away with murder and changed san francisco" with reporter and author mike weiss. unfortuna
um, doug schmidt and steve scherr who beat tommy norman in this trial liked tommy norman. i wasn't particularly friendly toward tommy norman. i didn't describe his style, but if you could imagine -- remember stanley tucci sort of slithering through the devil wore prada? that was kind of tommy's -- tommy would never say "said" if he could say "aver." he was a pretend white house kind of guy with a widow's peak. schmidt and scherr felt so badly for him that they seriously...
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like with steve jobs' iphone now. you have all the imitator iphones or the apple computer or, oh, so many things. people, you put out a good product, other people imitate it. fox news, again, is totally crushing the ratings. and, again, i've never worked for fox news. um, or any rupert murdoch enterprise. they crush the weak, they put on really lively tv shows that are far more intellectual than anything on msnbc or cnn even though they're uglier on msnbc and cnn to make it look like they're smart, and nobody thinks to imitate them. um, it is -- liberal journalists can't get away from the idea that they, they are the state-run media, and they will tell us what we are allowed to hear. and even as competition keeps coming at them from talk radio, from the internet, from fox news, nope, that's it, we're not going to tell you the other side. won't do it. >> host: what's your professional relationship with bill o'reilly. >> guest: um, oh, i just did his show on thursday. i go on and fight with him. [laughter] and i think i
like with steve jobs' iphone now. you have all the imitator iphones or the apple computer or, oh, so many things. people, you put out a good product, other people imitate it. fox news, again, is totally crushing the ratings. and, again, i've never worked for fox news. um, or any rupert murdoch enterprise. they crush the weak, they put on really lively tv shows that are far more intellectual than anything on msnbc or cnn even though they're uglier on msnbc and cnn to make it look like they're...
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doug schmidt and steve who built the lead could beat him in the trial like tommy norman. i wasn't particularly friendly towards tommy norman. i didn't describe his style but if you can imagine remember stanley, the sort of slithering through fidel for prada? that was kind of tommy's -- she never would say said if he could say aver. he was a very pretentious kind of guy with a widow's peak. he went on working. schmidt and shur felt so badly for him that they seriously discussed offering him a partnership in their firm. [laughter] um, committee like tommy norman. a lot of people are of justice like tommy norman and they were sorry to see that it had all -- that he had messed up big time. is sort of white towel of the accomplishments of the rest of his life. i mean, he's no longer among us. so may he rest in peace. >> we'd like to remind our listening audience this is a program with the commonwealth club of california and we are listening to "double play" house dan white got away with murder and changed san francisco with reporter and author mike weiss. unfortunately we have
doug schmidt and steve who built the lead could beat him in the trial like tommy norman. i wasn't particularly friendly towards tommy norman. i didn't describe his style but if you can imagine remember stanley, the sort of slithering through fidel for prada? that was kind of tommy's -- she never would say said if he could say aver. he was a very pretentious kind of guy with a widow's peak. he went on working. schmidt and shur felt so badly for him that they seriously discussed offering him a...
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almami, please. >> yes, you may choose, podium or -- >> thank you very much, steve. thank you to the willson center. thank you, ambassador for the opportunity to say something here about the elections in congo. on behalf i wish to thank all of you for coming. by way of introduction, i've been an effort for some time particularly in the war-torn countries and not so war-torn countries. recently we had worked in the nigeria and the nigerian elections so now looking at the drc we have been in the drc on and off since 1997, and i am very pleased to say most of the programs that we've run in the drc have been funded by the u.s. government. lately we have funding from the germans and canada. right now we're funded by the u.s. government working on civil education in the congo, and we have seen exactly what we thought would happen and that is it is quite interested in taking responsibility and reacting to the recent elections. drc elections for 2011. what we have at stake? the ambassador did mention a few of those but what i think we have to look at what we have at stake is
almami, please. >> yes, you may choose, podium or -- >> thank you very much, steve. thank you to the willson center. thank you, ambassador for the opportunity to say something here about the elections in congo. on behalf i wish to thank all of you for coming. by way of introduction, i've been an effort for some time particularly in the war-torn countries and not so war-torn countries. recently we had worked in the nigeria and the nigerian elections so now looking at the drc we have...
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steve ross noticed your book is selling on amazon. but no one would publish it. he published ever since. >> host: when did you start writing? >> guest: probably in kindergarten. very upset about the marshall tax rate. >> host: seriously? >> guest: i am joking. >> host: did you start writing for a school newspaper? i was never on that path though i always like writing. even when i was a lawyer i would run -- i would take weekends off and write for the human life review or a law review. i was arbuckle editor at michigan. i always liked to research and writing better than anything else i was doing. i don't think i was a founding editor but the cornell review conservative newspaper. a lot of conservative newspapers were started by people working for the main campus newspaper and could get something published and started their own newspaper. not us. we heard just right wingers. the first issue. the layout was insane. mistakes and huge chunks of articles missing. errors throughout the paper but we were very enthusiastically. >> host: who is kerri? >> guest: my mentor f
steve ross noticed your book is selling on amazon. but no one would publish it. he published ever since. >> host: when did you start writing? >> guest: probably in kindergarten. very upset about the marshall tax rate. >> host: seriously? >> guest: i am joking. >> host: did you start writing for a school newspaper? i was never on that path though i always like writing. even when i was a lawyer i would run -- i would take weekends off and write for the human life...
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i am not steve clemons. [laughter] my name is nick goldberg. and the editor of the editorial page and "the los angeles times." [applause] i am still in los angeles? [laughter] i was called in at the last moment to moderate this panel because steve clemons can't be here. he is one of a couple of people that dropped out of this panel. .. and ask them questions. so back in 2006, it gerrit wrote the following. a few short years ago he wrote, no one had heard of this skinny chicago state senator with the big ears and funny name. now all bets are off. according to advisers, colleagues and friends, obama just might be willing to be the next president the next president of the united states. would be the capstone of a rise for politicians whose charisma and personal story as kenyon, half cans in hawaii, a harvard educated has breathed life into the democratic party. at the heart of obama mania is his personality and presence. his charisma seems effortless. who is that guy? he certainly got it. he describes obama as the third african-american since reco
i am not steve clemons. [laughter] my name is nick goldberg. and the editor of the editorial page and "the los angeles times." [applause] i am still in los angeles? [laughter] i was called in at the last moment to moderate this panel because steve clemons can't be here. he is one of a couple of people that dropped out of this panel. .. and ask them questions. so back in 2006, it gerrit wrote the following. a few short years ago he wrote, no one had heard of this skinny chicago state...
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i'm not steve clemons. [laughter] i'm nick goldberg, editor of the editorial page at the "los angeles times". i was called -- [applause] am i still in los angeles? [laughter] i was called 234 at the last moment to moderate the panel because steve clemons cannot be here, one of the couple people who dropped out of the panel because there's a white house correspondence dinner. there's a panel talking about president obama on the night of the white house correspondence dinner. [laughter] so let me -- let me get started. i'm going to start by doing something -- can you hear me? i'll start by doing something a little mean which is i'm going to read something that garret, to my left, wrote a few years ago, and -- >> i have absolutely no idea what this is going to be. [laughter] >> i know. it's to remind us what we were thinking when president obama was elected, and then i'll begin to introduce my fellow panelists and ask them questions. back in 2006, garrett wrote the following. he said no one heard of the skinny
i'm not steve clemons. [laughter] i'm nick goldberg, editor of the editorial page at the "los angeles times". i was called -- [applause] am i still in los angeles? [laughter] i was called 234 at the last moment to moderate the panel because steve clemons cannot be here, one of the couple people who dropped out of the panel because there's a white house correspondence dinner. there's a panel talking about president obama on the night of the white house correspondence dinner. [laughter]...
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i wanted to take a minute to say that i think we have just seen steve jobs step down as ceo of apple to become chairman and if you look at -- the only person i have ever known who was able to actually merge the two world's completely with an artist's i as well as the definition of what great engineering is. i am sure he and the company will do well in the future. from my perspective that is the perfect example of the kind of union we see in the future in other companies and other collaboration's. from my perspective, this is the first time the mctaggart collector has been given by someone not employed in television broadcasting or production. i don't know if that mean the bar has been raised or lowered but i will do my best. it is an honor to be here. as an outsider, when he spoke here two years ago james murdoch described himself as a crazy relative everyone is embarrassed by. i wonder what he would say now. [applause] if james is the family outcast i am not sure what that makes me. am i the geek in the corner? mit alien species? am i the android? you get the idea. don't worry. i pr
i wanted to take a minute to say that i think we have just seen steve jobs step down as ceo of apple to become chairman and if you look at -- the only person i have ever known who was able to actually merge the two world's completely with an artist's i as well as the definition of what great engineering is. i am sure he and the company will do well in the future. from my perspective that is the perfect example of the kind of union we see in the future in other companies and other...
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medicare and medicaid services insurance direct or, steve larsen testified these provisions appear powerful tool to state regulators by allowing them to reject or modify any rate increase excessive or unjustified. this is two hours and 10 minutes. >> the u.n. is somehow performed in empowering states to consumers. in a decade before the affordable care was passed, relentlessly increasing health-insurance premiums post a heavy tax on families and small businesses. over those 10 years come at premiums for a family, employer-sponsored coverage more than doubled. small businesses simply couldn't afford it anymore and began dropping coverage. congress had to activate it activate it in passing the football karaites enacted reforms to detain this runaway premium growth are today's hearing will explore how those reforms are already protecting tumors. it's basic economics that one of the surest ways to bring down prices is your open and tough competition. for the first time in our history, health reform applies this basic principle to the health insurance market. in 21st income americans in every st
medicare and medicaid services insurance direct or, steve larsen testified these provisions appear powerful tool to state regulators by allowing them to reject or modify any rate increase excessive or unjustified. this is two hours and 10 minutes. >> the u.n. is somehow performed in empowering states to consumers. in a decade before the affordable care was passed, relentlessly increasing health-insurance premiums post a heavy tax on families and small businesses. over those 10 years come...
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nobody ever called my colleague steve millions who was excellent in wrongful confessions. his name was wrong to us. and it was only through this incredible sequence of events that got you this -- katherine the attorney that really pushed this case forward because my reading of the chicago magazine article about this case a couple of years ago was that your public defender thought you were kind of slick and didn't trust you. >> one of them. >> one of them. one of them didn't. so he wasn't going to call the newspapers to get anything going. he wasn't going to bring any pressure. >> and, you know, cathy and i debated that -- cathy is just not the type to self-aggrandize. she is unlike so many criminal defense lawyers in chicago. she will not call a press conference for herself. but weigh debated seriously before we started the trial, we thought should we, you know, call you guys and say, look, this guy has been in here five years and nine months without a trial. for someone who has never had -- you know, an arrest or anything, no involvement with the criminal justice system b
nobody ever called my colleague steve millions who was excellent in wrongful confessions. his name was wrong to us. and it was only through this incredible sequence of events that got you this -- katherine the attorney that really pushed this case forward because my reading of the chicago magazine article about this case a couple of years ago was that your public defender thought you were kind of slick and didn't trust you. >> one of them. >> one of them. one of them didn't. so he...
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who will be the filter and steve will say his organization. but who will be the filter when that news hits whatever it hits your terminal? >> so are you saying if somebody published a rumor let's say the ceo of a company was sick or there was -- >> other sleeping with dogs? [laughter] >> i think that this is -- again, my white motif here as somebody who's a new fan of all these new technologies these are new instances of the old problems and the old problem is how -- there's more leverage through information now and so if these seem to be legally damaging and actionable events, then you can take legal action later on and i think there will be something in the whole economic ecosphere and there will be responsible bloggers and, quote-unquote, responsible news organizations and i think a solution will evolve. >> jeff, has the law caught up with this? >> larry will know better than i but my sense is that the law will make things much worser -- not worser, much worse for corporate leaks than even for national security leaks. once the corporate sec
who will be the filter and steve will say his organization. but who will be the filter when that news hits whatever it hits your terminal? >> so are you saying if somebody published a rumor let's say the ceo of a company was sick or there was -- >> other sleeping with dogs? [laughter] >> i think that this is -- again, my white motif here as somebody who's a new fan of all these new technologies these are new instances of the old problems and the old problem is how -- there's...
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as chairman rockefeller stated i'm steve bruno. vice president of the locomotive engineers and train men, which is a part of the teamsters. my comments will be submitted for the record. everyone acknowledges that our nation's infrastructure is in dire need of repair and expansion. the safety of the traveling public and the jobs created by funding and maintenance, by funding the our struck tuck for everyone affected and nation as a whole. >> twice as much as 5% of the gdp and china invests 9% or three times as much as the united states relative to gdp. america badly needs the economic boost infrastructure investment provides. private investment dollars sit idle on the sidelines while unemployment subornly remains near record levels. infrastructure investment is a proven economic stimulator and a job creator and it is an investment in the future of america. infrastructure investment creates jobs and grows the economy but we need to finance it. and for that, some would overly rely on the private sector. we believe there is a role for
as chairman rockefeller stated i'm steve bruno. vice president of the locomotive engineers and train men, which is a part of the teamsters. my comments will be submitted for the record. everyone acknowledges that our nation's infrastructure is in dire need of repair and expansion. the safety of the traveling public and the jobs created by funding and maintenance, by funding the our struck tuck for everyone affected and nation as a whole. >> twice as much as 5% of the gdp and china invests...
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host: steve, ill., democratic line. caller: i want to just let you know. i'm going to be voting for president obama. host: you think the deal helps the president? caller: yes, i do. host: mike, dover, ohio. caller: i would like to welcome everyone from dover, ohio. i fail to understand why iowa has a big importance as been the first caucus or whatever. my understanding is they have a straw poll, a caucus, and a primary later. the straw poll and the caucus are strictly people that have been paid to show up. they are given transportation and whatever. host: mike glover, a little clarification there? guest: the straw poll is an event where candidates do bus people to the straw poll to vote for them. they pass out tickets. so, it is a competition. who can turn out people to show off at a particular place, at a particular night, to vote for a particular candidate? the reason i like is first is because history, tradition, by what is a place where you have to come and talk to real people. you have to go out and campaign. you cannot just throw a bunch of money at
host: steve, ill., democratic line. caller: i want to just let you know. i'm going to be voting for president obama. host: you think the deal helps the president? caller: yes, i do. host: mike, dover, ohio. caller: i would like to welcome everyone from dover, ohio. i fail to understand why iowa has a big importance as been the first caucus or whatever. my understanding is they have a straw poll, a caucus, and a primary later. the straw poll and the caucus are strictly people that have been paid...
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nobody ever called my colleague steve millions who was excellent in wrongful confessions. his name was wrong to us. and it was only through this incredible sequence of events that got you this -- katherine the attorney that really pushed this case forward because my reading of the chicago magazine article about this case a couple of years ago was that your public defender thought you were kind of slick and didn't trust you. >> one of them. >> one of them. one of them didn't. so he wasn't going to call the newspapers to get anything going. he wasn't going to bring any pressure. >> and, you know, cathy and i debated that -- cathy is just not the type to self-aggrandize. she is unlike so many criminal defense lawyers in chicago. she will not call a press conference for herself. but weigh debated seriously before we started the trial, we thought should we, you know, call you guys and say, look, this guy has been in here five years and nine months without a trial. for someone who has never had -- you know, an arrest or anything, no involvement with the criminal justice system b
nobody ever called my colleague steve millions who was excellent in wrongful confessions. his name was wrong to us. and it was only through this incredible sequence of events that got you this -- katherine the attorney that really pushed this case forward because my reading of the chicago magazine article about this case a couple of years ago was that your public defender thought you were kind of slick and didn't trust you. >> one of them. >> one of them. one of them didn't. so he...
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nobody ever called my colleague steve millions who was excellent in wrongful confessions. his name was wrong to us. and it was only through this incredible sequence of events that got you this -- katherine the attorney that really pushed this case forward because my reading of the chicago magazine article about this case a couple of years ago was that your public defender thought you were kind of slick and didn't trust you. >> one of them. >> one of them. one of them didn't. so he wasn't going to call the newspapers to get anything going. he wasn't going to bring any pressure. >> and, you know, cathy and i debated that -- cathy is just not the type to self-aggrandize. she is unlike so many criminal defense lawyers in chicago. she will not call a press conference for herself. but weigh debated seriously before we started the trial, we thought should we, you know, call you guys and say, look, this guy has been in here five years and nine months without a trial. for someone who has never had -- you know, an arrest or anything, no involvement with the criminal justice system b
nobody ever called my colleague steve millions who was excellent in wrongful confessions. his name was wrong to us. and it was only through this incredible sequence of events that got you this -- katherine the attorney that really pushed this case forward because my reading of the chicago magazine article about this case a couple of years ago was that your public defender thought you were kind of slick and didn't trust you. >> one of them. >> one of them. one of them didn't. so he...
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steve got that problem. but i think whether you run within the democratic party or not, i give you do not become cynical, do not give up on the political process. we are fighting for not only our generation, but for our kids and our grandchildren. i have six grandchildren. i take their future seriously. okay? and we do not have the option of not fighting. we can beat these guys. we can beat them. nobody believes in their ideology. nobody thinks that children in america should not have health care or that workers should not have lights. [applause] hey are a i'm not .. if we work together on this thing, we can beat them and beat them badly. [applause] but we can't do it -- i know that it's hard. look, i know. people all over the country are disappointed. i'm disappointed. but you can't give up. we have to raise that progressive agenda, make it loud and clear, organize people about that, educate. because what we are fighting for is so important it is the future of this country. so i just want it. >>ys thank you
steve got that problem. but i think whether you run within the democratic party or not, i give you do not become cynical, do not give up on the political process. we are fighting for not only our generation, but for our kids and our grandchildren. i have six grandchildren. i take their future seriously. okay? and we do not have the option of not fighting. we can beat these guys. we can beat them. nobody believes in their ideology. nobody thinks that children in america should not have health...
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. >> host: illinois, steve, democratic line. >> caller: i want to let you know i support the debt ceiling deal that was reached by congress yesterday and signed by president obama into law. >> host: okay. >> caller: i just want to let you know. and what i will be voting for president obama and in the upcoming election cycle. >> host: do you think the debt deal helps the president? >> caller: hi, i'd like to welcome everybody from dover, ohio. i failed to understand why iowa has such a big importance of being the first caucus or whatever. to my understanding they have a straw poll, caucus, and then a primary later. the straw poll and the caucus are strictly people that have been paid to show up. they are given transportation, and whatever. >> host: mike glover, clarification there. >> the straw poll which will happen in about a week and a half is an event where candidates do do -- they bus pee to straw poll to vote for them. they pass out tickets to people to vote for them. so it's a competition. it's all about who can turn out people to show up at a particular place at a particular night
. >> host: illinois, steve, democratic line. >> caller: i want to let you know i support the debt ceiling deal that was reached by congress yesterday and signed by president obama into law. >> host: okay. >> caller: i just want to let you know. and what i will be voting for president obama and in the upcoming election cycle. >> host: do you think the debt deal helps the president? >> caller: hi, i'd like to welcome everybody from dover, ohio. i failed to...
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i wanted to say that we've seen steve jobs to step down as ceo of apple to become chairman. he's the only person that's never been able to actually merge the two worlds with an artists eye, as well as the definition of what grade engineering is. i'm sure that he and the company will do well in the future. from my perspective, that's the perfect example of the kind of union that we should see in the future in other companies and collaborations. from my perspective again, this is the first time in the lecture has been given by someone not employed in broadcast or production. i'm not sure whether it means the bar has been raised or lowered, but i'll do my best. it's an honor to be here as i said as an outsider when he spoke here two years ago, james murdoch described himself as the crazy relative that everyone is is embarrassed by. i guess i wondered what he's saying now. but if james, if james is the family outcast, i'm not sure what that makes me. right, am i geek in the corner. is this -- am i the alien species, am i the android? am i this? you know, you get the idea. don't
i wanted to say that we've seen steve jobs to step down as ceo of apple to become chairman. he's the only person that's never been able to actually merge the two worlds with an artists eye, as well as the definition of what grade engineering is. i'm sure that he and the company will do well in the future. from my perspective, that's the perfect example of the kind of union that we should see in the future in other companies and collaborations. from my perspective again, this is the first time...
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really meaning to leave town, but not wanting to leave too fast to kids they didn't want the onlooker steve inc. the earp had that been down and made them leave. any number of things might have prevented this. even if that up in the case, something similar would've happened sometime soon. >> unitas says after the gunfight, they could reasonably walk away feeling they were heroes. that didn't happen. what does that tell us about tombstone? >> first of all, i think virgil small made was when he settled i don't cannot. i think the earp's moment came the day after the gunfight when instead of being recognized as heroes, which they were expecting company that 2000 mourners turning out for the l.a. kelantan and mclaury brothers. the tombstone leaders -- by the way, one of the things about historians like land is they don't just want to have a different opinion looking at the same set of facts. it's the open-mindedness that encourages discussion rather than arguments. i've learned so much from him. i think we all have. but what i thought i was talking about -- hang on to second. it's been a long d
really meaning to leave town, but not wanting to leave too fast to kids they didn't want the onlooker steve inc. the earp had that been down and made them leave. any number of things might have prevented this. even if that up in the case, something similar would've happened sometime soon. >> unitas says after the gunfight, they could reasonably walk away feeling they were heroes. that didn't happen. what does that tell us about tombstone? >> first of all, i think virgil small made...
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steve got that problem. but i think whether you run within the democratic party or not, i give you do not become cynical, do not give up on the political process. we are fighting for not only our generation, but for our kids and our grandchildren. i have six grandchildren. i take their future seriously. okay? and we do not have the option of not fighting. we can beat these guys. we can beat them. nobody believes in their ideology. nobody thinks that children in america should not have health care or that workers should not have lights. [applause] they are a fringe movement, and if the democrats have the guts to go out and organize, if we work together on this thing, we can beat them and beat them badly. [applause] but we can't do it -- i know that it's hard. look, i know. people all over the country are disappointed. i'm disappointed. but you can't give up. we have to raise that progressive agenda, make it loud and clear, organize people about that, educate. because what we are fighting for is so important i
steve got that problem. but i think whether you run within the democratic party or not, i give you do not become cynical, do not give up on the political process. we are fighting for not only our generation, but for our kids and our grandchildren. i have six grandchildren. i take their future seriously. okay? and we do not have the option of not fighting. we can beat these guys. we can beat them. nobody believes in their ideology. nobody thinks that children in america should not have health...
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really meaning to leave town, but not wanting to leave too fast to kids they didn't want the onlooker steve inc. the earp had that been down and made them leave. any number of things might have prevented this. even if that up in the case, something similar would've happened sometime soon. >> unitas says after the gunfight, they could reasonably walk away feeling they were heroes. that didn't happen. what does that tell us about tombstone? >> first of all, i think virgil small made was when he settled i don't cannot. i think the earp's moment came the day after the gunfight when instead of being recognized as heroes, which they were expecting company that 2000 mourners turning out for the l.a. kelantan and mclaury brothers. the tombstone leaders -- by the way, one of the things about historians like land is they don't just want to have a different opinion looking at the same set of facts. it's the open-mindedness that encourages discussion rather than arguments. i've learned so much from him. i think we all have. but what i thought i was talking about -- hang on to second. it's been a long d
really meaning to leave town, but not wanting to leave too fast to kids they didn't want the onlooker steve inc. the earp had that been down and made them leave. any number of things might have prevented this. even if that up in the case, something similar would've happened sometime soon. >> unitas says after the gunfight, they could reasonably walk away feeling they were heroes. that didn't happen. what does that tell us about tombstone? >> first of all, i think virgil small made...
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steve? it's been a long time. >> yeah. >> i was waiting on the debt deficit thing. >> god bless. >> [inaudible] >> i believe they discussed the wto process. not that i'm aware of. >> the administration's had increasing pressure on the hill and from the distance to do more to punish syria related to escalation of the crack down. is the white house considering further sanctions, perhaps measures to punish bond firms in syria and that kind of thing? >> i can tell you we are looking at ways to increase the pressure. the images coming out of syria, of the government's brutality against its own people are appalling and demonstrates the true character of the regime. president hasad showed he's uncapable of caring of the grievances of the people. it puts him on the wrong side of his people. he is not indispensable, and the u.s. has nothing up vested in hasad remaining in power. we do not want him in syria for stable's sake and view him as the cause of instability in syria. he is assuring he and his
steve? it's been a long time. >> yeah. >> i was waiting on the debt deficit thing. >> god bless. >> [inaudible] >> i believe they discussed the wto process. not that i'm aware of. >> the administration's had increasing pressure on the hill and from the distance to do more to punish syria related to escalation of the crack down. is the white house considering further sanctions, perhaps measures to punish bond firms in syria and that kind of thing? >> i...
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their other states and steve if you want to talk a little bit about that word is then done in a much more i don't want to say congenial but perhaps less conflict ridden arena, does it matter? does everybody get to the same place at the end of the day? are the reforms the same or are we seeing a convergence there? >> it is hard -- two states i mentioned that a been fairly successful in the last year at getting union and states to sit down and agree would be vermont and delaware. now, both have democratic governors. but, vermont started their reforms a year ago when they had a republican governor. and, you know maybe it is because the states are relatively small and a cumbre stations are a lot more intimate. somebody in vermont told me, actually it was the former governor, said that it is very likely your next-door neighbor is a teacher or a firefighter, so you can personalize the debate a little bit more and you can visualize that we are talking about your neighbor here whereas in larger states it is harder to do that. at any rate, in those days they were determined, to governors, sha
their other states and steve if you want to talk a little bit about that word is then done in a much more i don't want to say congenial but perhaps less conflict ridden arena, does it matter? does everybody get to the same place at the end of the day? are the reforms the same or are we seeing a convergence there? >> it is hard -- two states i mentioned that a been fairly successful in the last year at getting union and states to sit down and agree would be vermont and delaware. now, both...
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steve got that problem. but i think whether you run within the democratic party or not, i give you do not become cynical, do not give up on the political process. we are fighting for not only our generation, but for our kids and our grandchildren. i have six grandchildren. i take their future seriously. okay? and we do not have the option of not fighting. we can beat these guys. we can beat them. nobody believes in their ideology. nobody thinks that children in america should not have health care or that workers should not have lights. [applause] they are a fringe movement, and if the democrats have the guts to go out and organize, if we work together on this thing, we can beat them and beat them badly. [applause] but we can't do it -- i know that it's hard. look, i know. people all over the country are disappointed. i'm disappointed. but you can't give up. we have to raise that progressive agenda, make it loud and clear, organize people about that, educate. because what we are fighting for is so important i
steve got that problem. but i think whether you run within the democratic party or not, i give you do not become cynical, do not give up on the political process. we are fighting for not only our generation, but for our kids and our grandchildren. i have six grandchildren. i take their future seriously. okay? and we do not have the option of not fighting. we can beat these guys. we can beat them. nobody believes in their ideology. nobody thinks that children in america should not have health...
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steve larsen who is director of the centers for consumer information, an insurance oversight or the cchio with the centers for medicare and medicaid services. prior to his current position, mr. larsen served as director of the division of insurance oversight at cchio. welcome, mr. larsen. you will have 5 minutes to present your testimony. thank you. >> good morning, chairwoman ellmers, ranking member majors and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss how the affordable care act is improving the affordibility, accessibility and the quality of health insurance available to small businesses and their employees. providing and maintaining health insurance coverage for employees has been a challenge for small businesses for many years. states have struggled for decades, really, to improve their small group health insurance market, and i know this from my many years of experiences, insurance commissioner in the state of maryland. small businesses pay significantly more than large firms for the same health insurance policy. some estimates put that at about 18% more.
steve larsen who is director of the centers for consumer information, an insurance oversight or the cchio with the centers for medicare and medicaid services. prior to his current position, mr. larsen served as director of the division of insurance oversight at cchio. welcome, mr. larsen. you will have 5 minutes to present your testimony. thank you. >> good morning, chairwoman ellmers, ranking member majors and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss how the...
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and, um, steve jobs once said if you want to predict the future, the best way to predict the future is to invent it. and these three gentlemen have all had something to do with the creation of the internet and post-internet. you are illustrious ceo, walter isaacson back when he was at time as editor in if 1994 released one of the very first internet portals called path finder which is still out there today. biz stone and ev williams, co-founders of blogger and twitter, both of those inventions will be, we'll be feeling the repercussions of that for another generation at least. so without further ado, walter isaacson, biz stone and ev williams. [applause] >> thank you, biz, thank you, ev, for -- i'm sorry, say that again? >> [inaudible] >> okay. can you put your name tag back on so i can remember that? >> doesn't matter. >> doesn't matter? okay. by the way, we are actually going to start with a piece of news. about the future of the internet and, seriously, a significant piece of news. these are the co-founders of twitter, and can they have something to announce today. biz, you want to
and, um, steve jobs once said if you want to predict the future, the best way to predict the future is to invent it. and these three gentlemen have all had something to do with the creation of the internet and post-internet. you are illustrious ceo, walter isaacson back when he was at time as editor in if 1994 released one of the very first internet portals called path finder which is still out there today. biz stone and ev williams, co-founders of blogger and twitter, both of those inventions...
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i just don't think -- i think there's one person, steve jobs, who is a unique blend of chromosomes, who can get unique touch with a person like martha, to get in touch. we hear 3d movies aren't doing well. four out of five households make less than $55,000 a year in this country. if you don't think that's an interesting way to live, try doing it for some of you that don't. they can't afford 3d. hollywood is starting to flounder. it would be interesting to bring it back if sony teamed up with google to really improve their user experience, or teamed up with disney, or teamed up with a content company that knows how to entertain. and use navigation. because i can't find half of the things that i hear about. i'm in the business. i think those are the two trends that we're going to start to see. better user experience and actually going out and teaching people how to do it. >> great. something about -- we all touched on this a little bit. i do work in the video space. it might be self-serving. the whole concept of how we are consuming. i'm a consumer of media, news, journalism, movies, tele
i just don't think -- i think there's one person, steve jobs, who is a unique blend of chromosomes, who can get unique touch with a person like martha, to get in touch. we hear 3d movies aren't doing well. four out of five households make less than $55,000 a year in this country. if you don't think that's an interesting way to live, try doing it for some of you that don't. they can't afford 3d. hollywood is starting to flounder. it would be interesting to bring it back if sony teamed up with...
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. >> i really do have a bird eye's view on this and eric, you're pretty close -- steve, you're pretty close to what happened here. >> the initial memo came about, frankly, as a lot of discussion in the campaign. >> uh-huh. >> and the president agreed that if people are strictly complying with state medical marijuana laws, it shouldn't be a federal enforcement priority. the problem was, most of the medical marijuana laws at that time were kind of the -- what we had in colorado, the grow your own caretaker sort of thing. we did not have the dispensary on every corner model. we moved to that, other states are -- have moved to it or are contemplating moving to it and i'll tell you what's going on in ombcp. they're nervous at heck of that handout. the rate of teenage use of marijuana and the only thing that's changed in the market is the medical marijuana phenomenon. the teenage use of marijuana is increasing significantly. and i know for a fact they don't want to be responsible for returns to 1979 levels of marijuana use in this country. that's what's going and the justice department said
. >> i really do have a bird eye's view on this and eric, you're pretty close -- steve, you're pretty close to what happened here. >> the initial memo came about, frankly, as a lot of discussion in the campaign. >> uh-huh. >> and the president agreed that if people are strictly complying with state medical marijuana laws, it shouldn't be a federal enforcement priority. the problem was, most of the medical marijuana laws at that time were kind of the -- what we had in...